No dead among them . . . . . . .

Weil (2002a) also writes, "This world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through" (p. 145). This is a cognitive exercise of seeing obstacles as something more.  Necessity is a barrier and a bridge between us and the utterly other. Weil attempts to reach an understanding from the hysteric’s point of view, note here that this understanding can never be reached.  I am not trying to reach anything other, if at all, I am running from it; but would fancy myself not to be neither, that is my take on it.  The world is not a magic wonderland or a book of fairytales, none of the religions of the Book have been convincing to me; though people would put the followers of these religions down and mock or scorn the little sheep. For the record, my transvaluation would have to be considered pitiful in the grand scheme of things.  My greatest grandiosities pale in comparison to their passions and compassions.  I think it foolish to berate them, all in the name of either looking atheist enough or intellectual enough.   Some of the most brilliant and talented persons were of these persuasions, from Rumi to Bach.  It is always devastating to me to hear of the hurt of others, even if or just because their lineage goes back to the most backward or horrifying behaviors by such believers.  No matter whom they praise or commune with, either each other or outsiders, they fascinate me with the peculiar fashion and followings.  Though they be irrational or serendipitous in belief I cannot argue with the simple nor complex ways in which they might envision the universe.  The beauty of the multiverse, whether lectured on by a great scientist or boasted about in the name of blessing, is always a dedication to how varied is persons’ experiences of it.  So, the world is a closed door, being both a barrier and a way through? This sentiment may be possible for some, but quite a contradiction to others; taking a position on this matter does not make sense to me. For the most elegant arguments in the most ivory-towered settings seem to have originated among the people of the Book.